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18 Rules Associated With Complex System Failure

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:19:53 GMT

This list below was on ZDnet and is a cut and paste job from this Brief Paper "How Complex Systems Fail" by Richard I. Cook. I suggest reading Normal Accidents if this field of extreme risk interests you. My only argument is how often behaviour and culture and positive re-inforcement in the form of money etc. aren't mentioned as leading to accidents.[More...]

Estimating Future Dividend Growth

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:21:36 GMT

Estimating future dividend growth is difficult if not impossible. Companies which might have had a long history of consistent double digit increases might stop raising dividends and might even cut them.[More...]

Wall Street Closes Higher, General Electric (NYSE: GE) Rallies

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:14:45 GMT

US stocks finished higher on Friday as investors shrugged off disappointing government data showing the unemployment rate hit 10.2 percent in October - the highest in 26-1/2 years.[More...]

Wells Fargo (WFC) Kicks The Can By Transofrming Option ARM Mortgages Into Interest Only

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:31:26 GMT

If you are not familiar with what an option ARM mortgage is, read this piece (Aug 13, 2008: Option ARMs- Who Thought Up these Time Bombs?)). I too was unfamiliar with it, despite following markets closely, until I read a BusinessWeek article in October 2006. Interest only mortgages? Yep I knew about those.[More...]

Biostar Raises $3.6 Million

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:26:18 GMT

Biostar Pharmaceuticals has completed a private placement that raised $3.6 million in new capital. Biostar will use the proceeds to complete its new raw materials processing facility. By taking its raw material production in house, Biostar will lower costs and ensure its product quality. Biostar plans to sell excess raw materials to other pharmaceutical companies in the Shaanxi province.[More...]

Accounting At B of A And Fannie

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:21:37 GMT

Via Yves Smith, John Hempton analyzes the quarterly results of Bank of America (so-so) and Fannie Mae (terrible). The underlying issue is that bank quarter-to-quarter results are largely driven by the amount of provisions they take against future loan losses. You can think of this as a very rough approximation to marking-to-market — instead of waiting for the loans to default, you estimate how many loans will default in the future (that estimate should change as the economic situation changes) and put that amount of money into reserves. Then when the defaults actually happen, you take the money out of reserves.[More...]

Bulls Back On Track?

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:21:18 GMT

Good morning. With chants of "Dow 10K… Dow 10K" once again rising from the streets at the corner of Broad and Wall yesterday, it is easy to believe that the bulls are back on track and that we'll soon be looking at new highs for the stock market. And when reviewing the data inputs to yesterday's 204 point romp, it is also easy to don the Dow10K hat once again and join in on the celebration.[More...]

Ford's Main Problem: The UAW's Crippling Job Classifications And Work Rules

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:52:50 GMT

Ford's 2,215 page 2007 master contract with the UAW 1941 UAW-Ford contract[More...]

US Stock Futures Slip After Disappointing Jobs Report, AIG (NYSE: AIG) Eye

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:44:24 GMT

US stock futures pointed to a weaker start on Friday after a government release showed jobless rate hit 10.2% in October.[More...]

Bank of America Bearish Option Position Closed - Shares Rally

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:13:17 GMT

One investor banked profits today by unraveling a massive bearish credit spread established back on October 28, 2009. The trader’s decision to take profits ahead of expiration could be a bullish sign for BAC.[More...]

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Jim Gallagher column: Inflation's coming back _ but we don't know when

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:47:00 GMT

Nov. 8--The inflation monster is sleeping soundly, snoring away, and everyone hopes he'll never wake up.
It's for people who see a couple of trillion dollars in fiscal and monetary stimulus knocking around in the economy, amid rock-bottom interest rates, and worry that this means inflation is coming.
Worrywarts have no faith in the Federal Reserve or the administration of President Barack Obama.

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18 Rules Associated With Complex System Failure

Estimating Future Dividend Growth

Wall Street Closes Higher, General Electric (NYSE: GE) Rallies

Wells Fargo (WFC) Kicks The Can By Transofrming Option ARM Mortgages Into Interest Only

Biostar Raises $3.6 Million

Accounting At B of A And Fannie

Bulls Back On Track?

Ford's Main Problem: The UAW's Crippling Job Classifications And Work Rules

US Stock Futures Slip After Disappointing Jobs Report, AIG (NYSE: AIG) Eye

Bank of America Bearish Option Position Closed - Shares Rally

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Jim Gallagher column: Inflation's coming back _ but we don't know when

EDITORIAL: Banks are too big, if too big to fail: Ignoring British example, Obama wants to prop up financial behemoths.

Federal law gives rights to renters: Banks hide details during foreclosures

Owners, lenders offered a hand

BofA director flying high on perks of special deal: Former FleetBoston CEO Chad Gifford's jet travel cost bank more than $1million last year.

BofA took risks long before Merrill: In '07, CEO Lewis launched effort to ramp up loans, investment banking while still spending on deals.

Evening Standard, London, market report column

Business surfaces to maintain troubled commercial properties

AIG Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results

Wells Fargo Named Best Consumer Internet Bank in North America by Global Finance Magazine

Gramercy Capital Corp. Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results

GeoMet Announces Borrowing Base Determined at $135 Million

Signature Bank to Present at Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2009 Banking and Financial Services Conference

Goldman Sachs to Present at the Bank of America -- Merrill Lynch 2009 Banking & Financial Services Conference

Foxit Releases New Firmware for eSlick

Former Nevada Deputy Insurance Commissioner Gary Cooper Joins Safety National

Galtstock Adds Suntech Power Holdings to Buy, Sell, Hold Portfolio

Latest Wells Fargo Survey: Expectations for Increased Revenues Improve Small Business Owner Optimism

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